Damn it Feels Good to be in a Union

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

With the reelection of President Barack Obama, we union members can breathe a sign of relief. There won’t be a national right to work law put on the table on day 1, joining a union won’t be impossible, and the middle class (not the wealthiest 1%) will be the top priority of the executive.

“Romney had spent nearly two years, and hundreds of millions of dollars, trying to convince Americans that he wasn’t an out-of-touch millionaire unconcerned about the little people — that he was more than a caricature who liked to fire people, who didn’t care about the very poor or the 47 percent who pay no income tax, who has friends who own NASCAR teams.” The American people have spoken, and they will not tolerate a government bought and paid for by the richest 1%.

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The great American middle class wasn’t something that just happened – it was built brick by brick. It was built by soldiers returning from war and a government that repaid them by giving them a shot at college.

What the wealthy and well-connected figured out is that they have strength in numbers: the numbers of dollars they contribute to politicians. It’s time working and middle class Americans use our strength in numbers to reclaim the American Dream. We need a counterweight to the power of big money – and that’s the power of big numbers, the power of ordinary people who work for a living demanding to have our voices heard – from the workplace to Washington.